COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
◉ Founding Location Answer: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
◉ Mother Answer: Annie C. Singleton
◉ Why was she the mother? Answer: the early mtgs were held at her
house where she fed and encouraged the Brothers as they did their
work.
◉ first General President? Answer: Big Brother Moses A. Morrison
◉ first alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and its location? Answer:
Alpha Lambda, Louisville, KY
◉ Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha? Answer: Big
Brother Lemuel E. Graves; Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinkle Jones;
Big Brother Gordon Holmes Jones
, ◉ When and where did the first and second incorporations take
place? Answer: Albany, NY on Jan 29, 1908; Washington, DC on April
3, 1912
◉ What is the last SENTENCE of the poem "If"? Answer: If you can
fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run,
yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and which is more -
you'll be a Man, my son!
◉ What is the complete title of the Fraternity's History Book?
Answer: The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College
Life
◉ To whom is the History book of Alpha Phi Alpha dedicated?
Answer: To the youths who march onward and upward toward the
light, this volume is respectfully dedicated
◉ Who proposed the name of the Fraternity? Answer: Jewel Big
Brother George B. Kelley though he gives credit to Jewel Big Brother
Henry A. Callis
◉ Where was the first initiation banquet held? Answer: Masonic Hall
(accept Redman's Hall or Odd Fellows' Hall)
◉ Jewel BB Henry Arthur Callis Occupation Answer: physician